RHIhub This Week - October 16, 2024
Charting a Path to Comprehensive Healthcare for Rural Veterans, with Matt Coleman and James VanCleaveCheck out our latest episode featuring Matt Coleman, Director of the Kentucky State Office of Rural Health (KORH), and James VanCleave, Rural Project Manager, Veterans Services for the KORH, in a discussion about how they partner with the VA, CHWs, and other providers to best meet rural veterans' needs. |
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Oct 16, 2024 -- Describes rural-specific needs when offering community-based palliative care. Discusses community involvement, planning for palliative care in a community, and payment models. Source: Hospice News Indigenous Women Continue To Face Barriers to Breast Cancer Care, Report Finds Oct 14, 2024 -- Discusses higher breast cancer mortality rates among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. Explores treatment barriers including transportation and long distances to care. Notes lower screening rates among AI/AN women and efforts to develop more culturally responsive outreach tools. Source: ABC News Biden-Harris Administration Awards Nearly $19 Million to Help States Improve Maternal Health Oct 9, 2024 -- Announces new funding across 15 states for identifying and implementing strategies to address the maternal health. The funding will allow State Maternal Health Innovation programs to identify the drivers of maternal mortality and implement tailored programs to address those drivers. Offers examples of these programs including access to training for rural and frontier hospitals without an obstetrics department. Also notes other maternal health initiatives from the Health Resource & Services Administration. Source: Health Resources & Services Administration |
Funding for syringe services and community-based harm reduction activities. Grants may be used for free sterile syringes, safer smoking and snorting kits, education, and community wraparound services to reduce opioid overdoses and the transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis. Geographic coverage: Nationwide and Puerto Rico Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2024 Sponsor: Comer Family Foundation National Community Care Corps Local Models Program Funding for innovative local models in which volunteers assist family caregivers, older adults, and adults with disabilities to help individuals maintain their independence and age in place. The program intends to fund local models that represent a diverse cross section of the United States in terms of geography; urban, rural, frontier, and tribal communities; and underserved and limited English-speaking populations. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Dec 11, 2024 Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, Altarum Institute, Caregiver Action Network, The Oasis Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USAging Medicare Physician Bonuses in Health Professional Shortage Areas Medicare bonus payments to physicians in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Geographic coverage: Nationwide Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Water and Wastewater Loans Flexible loan products, with terms up to 15 years, for small, rural community water and wastewater projects. Geographic coverage: Nationwide with an emphasis on Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsors: Communities Unlimited, Inc., Rural Community Assistance Partnership |
A guide for federal health information technology (HIT) activities. Outlines four goals and related objectives focused on promoting health and wellness, enhancing the delivery and experience of care, and accelerating research and innovation. Describes how the federal government will use the plan to prioritize resources within federal agencies, align and coordinate federal HIT initiatives, signal priorities to the private sector, and benchmark and assess the progress of federal HIT initiatives. Sponsoring organization: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Date: 09/2024 America's Health Centers Infographic with basic information about Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and look-alikes in rural and urban areas. Includes data on the patients they serve and FQHCs' economic impact on a community. Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers Date: 10/2024 America's Health Rankings 2024 Health of Women and Children Report Provides a national and state-by-state overview of the health of infants, children, and women of reproductive age. Compares rural-urban differences in mental health conditions, education, obesity, and smoking among reproductive-age women at the national level. Includes maps that show concentrated disadvantage by county within each state. Additional links: Concentrated Disadvantage County-Level Maps, State Summaries Sponsoring organization: United Health Foundation Date: 2024 Association Between Obesogenic Environments and Childhood Overweight/Obesity Across the United States: Differences by Rurality Examines the impact of environmental factors on childhood obesity in rural areas. Utilizes the Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index (COEI) to analyze statistical differences in rural versus urban counties in the U.S. Discusses the relationship of COEI variables and childhood overweight/obesity rates. Author(s): Kara Davis, Demetrius A. Abshire, Courtney Monroe, Caroline Rudisill, Andrew T. Kaczynski Location: Journal of Rural Health Date: 10/2024 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and Telehealth Use in Adults — National Center for Health Statistics Rapid Surveys System, United States, October–November 2023 Reports national estimates of the prevalence and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among U.S. adults. Includes data on adults with an ADHD diagnosis in metropolitan and nonmetro areas. Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Location: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(40), 890-895 Date: 10/2024 Community Mental Health Information Community Partnerships Toolkit Resources designed to help community organizations, healthcare providers, educators, and other partners address mental health information needs in their communities. Offers guides, templates, and strategies to establish partnerships, develop mental health programs, and promote mental health awareness and support. Includes a section on rural mental health information. Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine Evaluation of Mortality Rate Disparities for Cardiac Arrest Between Urban and Rural Cohorts in the United States Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) Database Examines trends in cardiac arrest mortality for rural and urban populations, utilizing 1999-2020 CDC WONDER data. Includes data on deaths by age group, gender, and race and ethnicity. Author(s): Shamsul Arefin, Amruth A Alluri, Mousumi Barua, Tirth M Patel, Salini Krishnarao Kandhalu Location: Cureus, 16(9), e68803 Date: 09/2024 The First Year of Rural Emergency Hospitals: REHs Serve Relatively Disadvantaged Counties Findings brief examining the kinds of communities with hospitals that converted to Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) in 2023. Features demographics and statistics including breakdown by rural location. Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program Date: 10/2024 Health Center Performance Improvement Toolkit Offers a framework to support health center performance improvement and health outcomes across seven domains. Includes a guide to self-assessment to help health centers assess their current performance in each domain, describe future performance goals, and identify how to reach and sustain improved performance. Offers self-assessment tools, including fillable checklists for each domain, progress snapshot worksheets, and example improvement activities. Additional links: Guide to Self-Assessment, Self-Assessment Tools Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care Date: 10/2024 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Maternal Health Chartbook 2010–2019 Analyzes data from the National Inpatient Sample from between 2010 and 2019 to highlight trends in maternal health related to diabetes, hypertension, mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and severe maternal morbidity. Includes data by expected payer, patient characteristics, and geography. Includes large metropolitan, medium/small metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan comparisons throughout. Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Date: 10/2024 Hospital Differences in Adult Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2019 and 2021 Examines the rate of adult inpatient hospital stays involving five healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in 2019 and 2021. Presents data from an analysis of 2019 and 2021 State Inpatient Databases (SID) from public, non-federal acute-care hospitals across 38 states by hospital characteristics, including ownership, rural or urban location, safety-net designation, and Critical Access Hospital designation. Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Date: 10/2024 News Media Coverage of Rural Hospital Closures and the Causes Reports findings from attributed causes of rural hospital closures through analysis of news media reports. Features statistics on attributed causes for closures, from a sample of 137 closures between 2010-2022. Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program Date: 10/2024 Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure Presents a report detailing local infrastructure recommendations for suicide prevention. Discusses suicide prevention strategies, makes recommendations for partnerships, and implementation guidance for programs at the local level. Highlights considerations for rural communities and explores the role of culture in suicide prevention. Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center Date: 2024 Remote Patient Monitoring for Rural Michigan Hospitals Discusses the usefulness of remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a way supplement access to healthcare treatment in Michigan and provides an overview of how to successfully implement an RPM program in rural hospitals. Includes best practices for RPM, with a focus on implementation, measuring and reporting, governance, and more. Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health Date: 08/2024 Rural Court Perspectives on Addressing Substance Use Disorder in Justice-Involved People Summarizes results of a listening session for rural judges and court personnel to discuss challenges and opportunities for addressing substance use disorder (SUD) for court-involved people. Highlights insights about program models, access to care, juvenile courts and family reunification, training of judges, and more. Sponsoring organization: State Justice Institute (SJI) Date: 09/2024 Transitional Palliative Care for Family Caregivers: Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial Examines the influence of mentoring from a palliative care nurse on family caregivers in rural and medically underserved areas of three states. Analyzes adult caregivers from 2018-2022 after their care recipient who utilized inpatient palliative care was discharged from the hospital. Compares a control group who received only monthly phone calls with an intervention group who received teaching, guidance, and counseling. Discusses importance of both caregiver support and patient wellness. Author(s): Joan M. Griffin, Jay N. Mandrekar, Catherine E. Vanderboom, et al. Location: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 68(5), 456-466 Date: 11/2024 Travel Burden and Bypassing Closest Site for Surgical Cancer Treatment for Urban and Rural Oncology Patients Examines travel burden to surgical cancer care and its relationship to rurality, bypassing of the nearest surgical site, and mortality rates. Analyzes 2016-218 data of 211,025 Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and includes breakdowns for type of cancer, surgery versus no surgery, patient demographics, patient health conditions, travel time, mortality rates, and location of metro, micro, or small town/rural. Author(s): Tracy Onega, Niveditta Ramkumar, Gabriel A. Brooks, et al. Location: Journal of Rural Health Date: 10/2024 Valuing Community: Framing Childhood Vaccines in Rural America Recommends strategies for discussing childhood vaccination in rural public health contexts. Highlights rural priorities and concerns, including barriers to vaccination in rural areas. Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, The FrameWorks Institute Date: 07/2024 |
Deadline: Oct 31, 2024 Grantmakers in Health Event Dates: Jun 16 - 20, 2025 New Orleans, LA Conference Website Call for Abstracts: 2025 Annual National Network of Public Health Institutes Conference Deadline: Nov 6, 2024 National Network of Public Health Institutes Event Dates: Jun 10 - 12, 2025 Minneapolis, MN US Conference Website Call for Presentations: 2025 NCHN Annual Educational Conference Deadline: Nov 15, 2024 National Cooperative of Health Networks Association Event Dates: Apr 15 - 17, 2025 Indianapolis, IN Conference Website |
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